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[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago

berdly-actually "Addiction is a specific thing that requires biological dependency therefore you said the wrong word and everything you said is invalid!" berdly-smug

I posted that there so pedants don't have to.

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I absolutely hate that argument, it would mean gambling addiction is not real. In other words: one of the most harmful addictions to public health is not an addiction by that definition, because there's no "biological dependency".

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

That's exactly how the struggle session went.

It was despicable, shameful treat defending from fairweather leftists.

Wait we had a struggle session about gambling of all things?? How are you going to be anti-capitalist and pro-gambling industry?

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

Because some fairweather leftists are so preoccupied with "DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" that even talking about the problem got them very defensive, up to and including "people that get pulled into gambling and ruin their own lives and the lives of their families had it coming" very-leftist takes.

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

no biological dependency

....which is a weird claim to make since gambling addiction is 50~70% genetic. The genetic factors have been known for a long time. Here's a study from a decade ago in Nature where they compared addiction genes in rats with addiction genes in humans:

Nature.com

At the bottom of the page you can find other studies done on the links between genetics and gambling addiction. A lot of overlap with the genetics that make people more prone to alcohol and drug addiction.

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